Diff between pyinstaller version 4.2 and pyinstaller version 6.4.0

[peter01022000]

I have created pyinstaller executable with 4.2 (which is from python3.5) and 6.4.0 (from python3.8) versions.

from pyinstaller 4.2 version (which is from python3.5), i have created exe file. But when i check the content of this exe using readelf tool, i could see type is DYN (Shared object file).

from pyinstaller 6.4.0 version (which is from python3.8), i have created exe file. But when i check the content of this exe using readelf tool, i could see type is EXEC (Executable file).

So want to know differences between these two.

Also i am seeing size diff, is it bcz of exec itself has all details as library files ?

Could anyone please help on this ?

is it changed from shared library to standalone exe now ?

Thank You.

[rokm]

DYN (shared object file) means that executable was compiled in PIE (position-independent executable) mode, while EXEC (executable file) means that it was compiled in non-PIE mode.

I think that going from v4.0 to v4.1, the toolchain used for prebuilt linux bootloaders changed to one that had PIE enabled by default, and hence frozen applications also became PIE. This toolchain was used for v4.1, v4.2, and v4.3. In v4.4, the toolchain was switched back to the older one again (I think as part of #5995?), and from then on, the bootloaders are non-PIE again.

is it changed from shared library to standalone exe now ?

In both cases, the file is an executable, as you cannot run shared libraries.

Also i am seeing size diff, is it bcz of exec itself has all details as library files ?

It's probably because your python 3.8 environment is not identical to your 3.5 environment (newer version of packages that might have additional dependencies).

[rokm]

You can look a files in the frozen application and/or its embedded archive(s). For python modules, you can use pyi-archive_viewer to first open executable itself (and its embedded PKG archive), and then open PYZ archive (PYZ-00.pyz) within the PKG.

But you can also take a look at Analysis-00.toc and PYZ-00.toc in the build/<name> directory.

[peter01022000]

@rokm Thank you for information.

[peter01022000]

@rokm I am running pyarmor command once after creating pyinstaller exe. Error says

"INFO Please check documentation insight into pack commandto find solutions or downgrade PyInstaller to version 5
ERROR PyInstaller 6.4.0 isn't supported"

Is there anyway to overcome this issue without downgrading pyinstaller.

[rokm]

@rokm I am running pyarmor command once after creating pyinstaller exe. Error says

"INFO Please check documentation insight into pack commandto find solutions or downgrade PyInstaller to version 5 ERROR PyInstaller 6.4.0 isn't supported"

Is there anyway to overcome this issue without downgrading pyinstaller.

I don't know, you'll have to ask pyarmor author(s) about this.

[peter01022000]

@rokm Thank You. It helped me lot :) .